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Major UK investors join push for retail giants to pay workers ‘real living wage’

Axa and Scottish Widows back ShareAction campaign for chains such as Next to pay at least £12.60 an hour

The Guardian - UK

Shareholder activists target high street retail giants over low wages

Next, M&S and JD Sports are being urged to provide more transparency on approaches to pay amid cost of living woes for workers.

The Independent UK

Support for ESG proposals at record low driven by US investors, report shows

Report highlights ‘worrying retreat’ in support for shareholder resolutions on environmental and social risks

The Guardian - UK

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Plans to tackle environmental risks ‘got record-low support from asset managers’

Asset managers’ voting record at shareholder meetings last year signalled a ‘worrying retreat from ambition’, campaigners said.

The Independent UK

Trump presidency sparks concerns over future of diversity culture at UK firms

While companies will legally have to comply with UK equality laws, business groups and experts warn a culture shift could be felt.

The Independent UK

Big banks urged to step up on sustainable finance in 2025

ShareAction warned the banks they can expect to see shareholder action next year if they fail to meet investor expectations for greener practices.

The Independent UK

Low ambition and incoherent targets from banks put net zero at risk – analysis

ShareAction analysed targets for emissions from financing high-impact activities and for increasing sustainable finance at Europe’s 20 biggest banks.

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Tesco faces criticism as chief’s pay more than doubles to nearly £10m

ShareAction charity to ask why boss’s pay is so high when it claims some staff do not receive real living wage

The Guardian - UK

French bonds and stocks rocked by political turmoil – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK

Regional U.S. Banks Sharply Expand Lending to Oil and Gas Projects

How a semantic twist gave a major bank a loophole to keep financing fracking.

Capital & Main

KitKat owner Nestlé fights off push to cut back on unhealthy products

Investor proposal to reduce levels of fat, salt and sugar in products is backed by only 11% of shareholders

The Guardian - UK

Proposed labor rule defining requirements for investment advisers receives more than 5,000 comments

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

Government urged to back mandatory reporting over ethnicity pay gap

The two organisations also recommended legislation to require employers to publish an action plan to combat any disparities.

The Independent UK

Deliveroo riders paid ‘£2.90 per delivery’ protest outside AGM in London

Riders who work 50 hours a week are calling for better pay and conditions

Evening Standard

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Deliveroo riders to challenge board over pay and ‘insecure’ jobs

The takeaway firm has defended 'flexible work, attractive earning opportunities and security' it offers employees

The Independent UK

Deliveroo riders to confront bosses over pay and ‘insecure’ jobs

Riders will challenge the company’s board at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Big food brands struggling to kick junk addiction, survey finds

The bulk of food and drinks sold by four out of five global producers across three major markets are unhealthy, according to a survey, with Kraft Heinz Co. faring the worst.

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields

Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign

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Evening Standard

HSBC pulls funds for new oil and gas fields in “green” victory

GREEN campaigners targeting big banks won a victory today, when HSBC said it will no longer lend cash or provide other finance to new oil and gas fields.

The Guardian - UK

Living wage campaigners claim progress after vote at Sainsbury’s AGM

One in six shareholders back resolution to extend living wage to indirectly employed cleaners and security guards

The Guardian - UK

Singling out Sainsbury’s over the living wage may not be that pragmatic

A shareholder resolution at one retailer is an imperfect weapon for a scrap over pay that really relates to sector-wide issues

The Guardian - UK

Sainsbury’s under new pressure to pay living wage for all workers

Queen’s bank Coutts plus Coal Pensions Board join others such as L&G and HSBC backing resolution for £9.90 an hour

Evening Standard

Shareholder group to challenge Sainsbury’s on living wage

Legal & General and savings trust Nest have tabled a motion through investor body ShareAction

Benzinga

Investors Push Food Manufacturers Like Kellog, Kraft Heinz To Set New Health Targets: FT

Investors are pushing food manufacturing multinationals including Nestle S.A. (OTC:NSRGY), Danone (OTC:DANOY), Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC), and Kellogg Co (NYSE:K), to set out new disclosures and targets on well being, Financial Times reported. The move comes after Unilever Plc (NYSE:UL) mentioned it would publish diet scores for its meals portfolio towards exterior metrics. The report noted that traders, along…

Evening Standard

Sainsbury’s introduces London Living Wage for staff amid investor pressure — but cuts jobs

The supermarket has becomes the latest big employer to increase pay for front line workers

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